Colombia seeks NATO membership

Colombia's president Juan Manuel Santos seeks NATO membership in a move that has provoked strong opposition from several countries in Latin America. This report from the Argentina Independent states that:

Bolivia’s president Evo Morales described Colombia’s aspirations to
join as, a “threat to our continent”. He then went on to denounce it as
an act of “aggression, provocation and conspiracy” towards the
“anti-imperialist” governments of Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and
Bolivia.

Earlier this afternoon it surfaced that Morales had requested an
emergency meeting of the Security Council of the Union of South American
Nations as regards the matter.

Nicaragua responded similarly. President Daniel Ortega lamented
Colombia’s decision to engage with NATO, describing it as a “military
organisation… that doesn’t serve any purpose” and whose only
achievements have been “bombings, assassinations, and destruction”.